Jamestown has gone 10-0 against Smithfield recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Jamestown Eagles will face off against the Smithfield Packers at 12:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Jamestown is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Churchland as Jamestown made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Jamestown was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-6, 25-7.
Jamestown relied on the efforts of Peyton Tilley, who had four aces and 11 assists, and Senah Drazdowski, who had 19 assists.
Jamestown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 9.1 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 0.
Meanwhile, Smithfield made easy work of Phoebus on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Smithfield was especially dominant in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-18, 25-13.
Jamestown is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10-1 record this season. As for Smithfield, their record is now 8-17.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's contest: Jamestown hasn't let much over the net this season, having averaged 8.4 blocks per game. It's a different story for Smithfield, though, as they've been averaging only 0.9. Given Jamestown's sizable advantage in that area, Smithfield will need to find a way to close that gap.
Jamestown took their victory against Smithfield in their previous meeting last Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Jamestown since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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